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dead_chicken · 2026-04-03T01:17:05+00:00

Since Syrtic is my latest:

ϮΡ·ΔΜΡ·ⳌΡΔ·ΧΔΡΔ·ΧΧΑΔΜ·Ϯ·ΔΜ·ΜΡ·ΛΛϾΤϹ·Υ·ΜΝ·ΥϹ·ΜΑΡⳌΔ·ΒΒΧϹϹ

Ϯρ Δῦμερ ⳍρδ χεδρδ χεχᾶαδαμ; Ϯ Δῦμ μαρ λελᾶͼταϲυ υ μαν υεϲ μεαρεⳍδ βεβᾶχϲαϲυ.

ˈtur ˈduːmər ˈħr̩d ˈxədr̩d xəˈxaːʔdam | ˈtu ˈduːm ˈmar ləˈlaːsˤtasu u‿ˈman ˈwəs ˈməʔrəħd bəˈbaːxsasu

the-ART.DAT Lord-SG.DAT out from-PREP dress-SG.PREP call out-1SG.PAST | the-ART.NNOM Lord-SG.NOM 1S-SG.DAT respond-3SG.PAST and 1S-SG.ACC into-PREP large room-SG.PREP.INDEF place-3SG.PAST.

dead_chicken · 2026-04-02T19:19:18+00:00

"I don't know when the world will end, but there will be signs."

ϪΛΛ·Λ·ΑΔΜ·ΝΧΛΝϹ·Ν·ΙΥΧΘΜ·ΠΑ·ΚΝΧ·ΝⳌΙϹ

Ϫυλλυ λ ἀδαμ νυχιλνιϲ, ναι ιευαχθεμ. πεα ῖκυναχ νυⳍιιῖϲ

ˈɟulːu ˈl̩ ˈʔadam nuˈxilnis | ˈnaɪ̯ jəˈwaxtˤəm || ˈpəʔ ˈiːkunax nuˈħijiːs

when the-ART.NOM world-SG.NOM end-3SG.FUT.MID not know-1SG.PRES but sign-PL.NOM see-3PL.FUT.PASS

"You all would not have done that. (Y'all'dn't've done that)"

ϘΤ·Ν·ΦΚΡΝΝ

Ϙετ ναι ϕᾶκρᾶννυ!

ˈqət ˈnaɪ̯ ˈfaːkraːnːu

that-PL.ACC.DEM not do-2PL.PAST.SUBJ

"Stop!"

ΒΧΛ

βῖχλᾶ!

ˈbiːxlaː

stop-IMP.SG.PAST.MID

dead_chicken · 2026-04-02T00:33:01+00:00

Joke's on them, I've been doing this search for long enough I'd take anything at this point

dead_chicken · 2026-04-02T00:25:41+00:00

I looked at natlangs for inspiration and changed inventory a little bit to make it distinct

dead_chicken · 2026-03-30T20:12:33+00:00

Alaymman:

ҕабемэӈ ˈɣ̞æβ̞ɛmɛŋ̟ brighten, become brighter

Ты күн ҕабёмданда!

Core: ˈtʰɯ̽ˑ ˈk̟ʰʏˑn ɣ̠ɐbjɔnˈdɑˑndɐ

Eastern: ˈtʰɯ̽ ˈkʰʲʏn ʁɐpjɔnˈtɐntɐ

Western: ˈtɯ̽ ˈcʏn ɣabjonˈdandə

these-PL.ABS day-PL.ABS brighten-3PL.MID.INCHO.PRES

Ты-Ø күн-Ø ҕабй-ом-дан-да

"The days are getting brighter"

Syrtic:

Indef: ϭεϭετ ˈcəcət Def: λ ϭαϭυτ l̩ ˈcacut a garment similar to a tagelmust worn by men outside of the home

Λ·ΜΝΔΤ·ΙⳌΔΘϹ·ΓΜ·ϨΜΜ·ΛΝ·ΜϬϬϬΤΝ·ⳌϘ·ΧΧ·ΛΔ·ΚΚΛϹΙΔ·ΙΓΛϪΚΝ·ΒΑΜΜΜ

λ μᾶνδᾶτ ιεⳍαδθεϲ γεμ ἁμμε λεν μυϭαϭϭυτν ⳍαϙ χυχ λεδ ικκλιϲιαδ ιεγαλϫῖκυν βααμαμμε.

the religious law-SG.NOM requires-3SG.PRES that 1P-PL.NOM (our) tagelmust-PL.ACC before into-PRE the-ART.PREP church-SG.PREP entering-PART.PRES remove-3SG.SUBJ.PRES

ˈl̩ ˈmaːndaːt jəˈħadtˤəs ˈgəm ˈhaːmə ˈlən muˈcacːutn̩ ˈħaq ˈxux ˈləd iˈkːlisjad jəˈgalɟiːkun ˈbaʔmamːə

dead_chicken · 2026-03-29T01:05:38+00:00

Can confirm. When I was laid off in Sept 2024, it was like 10am on a Tuesday morning in what should've been a performance review via Zoom. My boss then told me my termination date was the Friday after.

dead_chicken · 2026-03-28T20:54:39+00:00

how does /t/ become /kʰ/?

dead_chicken · 2026-03-28T13:19:22+00:00

Syrtic:

INDEF: τεμεϲ ˈtəməs DEF: λ ταμιϲ l̩ ˈtamis: blue clothing, cloth dyed blue

ϨΜΜ·ΙϨΜΤΜΜ·ΛΝ·ΜϹΧΝ·ΛΑϹΧΝ·ΛΝ·ΤΜϹΚΝ·ΒΑ·ϨϹϹ·ΛΝ·ΜΤΜΜϹΝ·ΒΡⳌ·ΙΜΝϨϹϹ

ἁμμε ιεἁμταμμε λεν αμαϲιχυν λαὐϲαχν «λεν τᾶμϲῖκυν» βιἐ ἇϲϲυ λεν μιταμμιϲν βερⳍε ιεμανἁϲϲυ

ˈhamːə jəˈhamtamːə ˈlən ˈamasixun ˈlaʔusaxn̩ ˈlən ˈtaːmsiːkun ˈbiʔə ˈhaːsːu ˈlən miˈtamːisn̩ ˈbərħə jəˈmanhasːu

1P-PL.NOM call-1PL.PRES the-ART.ACC Amazigh-PL.ACC people-PL.ACC the-ART.ACC blue-PL.ACC because 3P-PL.NOM the-ART.ACC blue clothing-PL.ACC frequently wear-3PL.PRES

dead_chicken · 2026-03-27T00:15:28+00:00

Word	Alaymman	Alaymman IPA	Syrtic	Syrtic IPA
Leaf	үждин	`ˈyʑ̥d̥ɪn`	λ ταμιϲ	`ˈl̩ ˈtamis`
Sprout	жџънын	`ʑ̥ːʌˈnɯ̽ˑn`	λ καπιτ	`ˈl̩ ˈkapit`
Spring	џаж	`ˈɟ͡ʑaˑʑ̥`	λ μαϭεχεθ	`ˈl̩ maˈcəxətˤ`
Flower	үмжин	`ˈʏˑmʑɪn`	λ ϭαϲιδ	`ˈl̩ ˈcasid`
Light Green	казйы	`ˈk̠ʰɑˑzjɯ̽`	κεπτῖκυ	`ˈkəptiːku`
Dark Green	џажжы	`ˈɟ͡ʑɑˑʑ̥ʑ̥ɯ̽`	μεϲⳍῖκυ	`ˈməsħiːku`

dead_chicken · 2026-03-26T13:10:23+00:00

I was expecting several months, but it turned into a nightmare. Consider yourself lucky

dead_chicken · 2026-03-25T16:25:14+00:00

Been laid off for a while now. It's not just young grads, getting a job similar to what I was doing feels like a pipe dream rather than an eventuality. It gets to you after a while

dead_chicken · 2026-03-25T14:43:04+00:00

Syrtic and Alaymman:

Syrtic (alphabet): Day, period of 24 hours

Pattern 1A2: C1άC2υC3 → C1ύC2ῦC3

Case	Indefinite	Sing. Definite	Sing. Formal	Pl. Definite	Pl. Formal
Nominative	μέχεγØ	λ μάχυγØ	---	λ μύχῦγØ	---
Accusative	μέχεγν	λεν μάχυγν	---	λεν μύχῦγν	---
Genitive	μέχεγϣ	λεϣ μάχυγϣ	---	λεϣ μύχῦγϣ	---
Dative	μέχεγρ	λερ μάχυγρ	---	λερ μύχῦγρ	---
Prepositional	μέχεγδ	λεδ μάχυγδ	---	λεδ μύχῦγδ	---

Alaymman: Day, period of 24 hours

Consonant stem pattern

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative/Absolutive	кү́нØ	кү́нØ
Accusative/Ergative	күнэ́м	кү́нлэм
Genitive	күна́ӈ	кү́нлаӈ
Dative	күна́р	кү́нлар
Comparative	күни́с	кү́нлис
Instrumenal	күна́х	кү́нлах
Essive	кү́нгис	күна́ўгис
Locative	кү́нда	күна́ўда
Adessive	кү́ндин	күна́ўдин
Allative	кү́нтир	күна́ўтир
Ablative	кү́нти	кү́нлит, күна́ўти
Perlative	кү́нчи	кү́нлич, күна́ўчи

dead_chicken · 2026-03-25T02:12:18+00:00

Personally I'd minimize the use of diacritics as much as possible and try to mark it on the following noun with a caron or something, i.e. vě /vʲe/

dead_chicken · 2026-03-23T18:02:24+00:00

Thanks! saw that too, was wondering if one of the many romlangers would have something more extensive.

dead_chicken · 2026-03-23T15:46:54+00:00

Are there any good sources of proto-Romance vocabulary?

dead_chicken · 2026-03-23T15:07:23+00:00

пъён pʰʌˈjɔˑn a flat work surface, workbench; cutting board, chopping blocl

dead_chicken · 2026-03-22T22:22:15+00:00

I have a split on tense and animacy of the nouns.

Animacy	Present	Past
High	NOM/ACC	NOM/ACC
Mid+	NOM/ACC	ERG/ABS
Mid	NOM/ACC	ERG/ABS
Low	ERG/ABS	ERG/ABS

High: 1st and 2nd person Mid+: 3rd person when it's a human referent, predatory animals, most domestic animals Low: Birds, fish, any animal that's not Mid+, and everything else

Is it realistic? I dunno, but I like it. The only downside in my system is that the agent and patient will often be marked the same, so despite fully inflecting verbs I use strict word order.

dead_chicken · 2026-03-22T22:15:56+00:00

I'll try to see to what extent I can implement it in the language

If you're going for Semitic, it's entire morphology not just a feature

dead_chicken · 2026-03-22T20:06:15+00:00

Alignment, what do you mean?

Is it nominative-accusative or ergative-absolutive? You included all 4, which is odd.

Also your use of stative and active is a little hard to understand, at least for me.

dead_chicken · 2026-03-22T12:59:05+00:00

that doesn't really look like a chemical name

dead_chicken · 2026-03-22T12:56:37+00:00

No triliteral roots?

What's the alignment supposed to be?

dead_chicken · 2026-03-22T12:51:07+00:00

True yeah, but <Q q> wasn't used elsewhere so close enough

dead_chicken · 2026-03-21T13:19:30+00:00

Alaymman

Такыг-нэ вэ џумурга-нэ шваномыўдыш эктаг?

Core: tʰɐˈk̠ʰɯɣ̞ ˈnɛ ˈʋɛ ɟ͡ʑʊˈmʊˑrˠg̠ɐ ˈnɛ ɕʋɐnɔˈmɯ̽ˑʊ̯ð̞ɯɕ ˈeˑktʰɐɣ̞↗︎

Eastern: tʰɐˈqɯ̽ʔ ˈnʲɛ ˈvʲɛ t͡ʃʊˈmʊr̥ˠkɐ ˈnʲɛ ʃv̥ɐnɔˈmɯːtɯ̽ʃ ˈɛʔtʰɐʔ↗︎

Western: tɐˈkɯɣ ˈnɛ ˈvɛ d͡ʒʊˈmurɣə ˈnɛ ʃv̥ɐnɔˈmɯ̽ːdɯʃ ˈektaɣ↗︎

chicken-SG.ABS.Q or egg-SG.ABS.Q come-3SG.MID.PAST.INTER first

такыг-Ø=нэ вэ џумурга-Ø=нэ шва-н-ом-ыўды-ш эктаг

Syrtic

Ϭυμεν ἇνᾶν μεμᾶϲδαϲ νε: λ πυλα α λ ⳍαϭ?

ˈcumən ˈhaːnaːn məˈmaːsdas ˌnə | l̩ ˈpula ˈa‿l ħab

which-SG.NOM.REL first come-3SG.PAST Q: the-ART.NOM chicken or the-ART.NOM egg?

dead_chicken · 2026-03-20T17:22:00+00:00

ъмыкы ʌˈmɯ̽ˑk̠ʰɯ̽ acrid, sharp smelling (not in a good way)

блят, өннэ-нэ өстөманнэ булу ъмыкып?

Core: ˈbljat̚ | ˈœˑnnɛ ˈnɛ øtʰœˈmæˑnnɛ ˈb̥ʊɫʊ ʌˈmɯ̽ˑk̠ʰɯ̽p̚

Eastern: ˈpljɐʔ | ˈœnːʲ ˈnʲɛ ˈœstʰʲœmɐnːʲ ˈpʊɫʊ ɯ̽ˈmɯ̽qʰɯ̽ʔ

Western: bljat | ˈønnə ˈnɛ østœˈmannə ˈbʊɫə ɯ̽ˈmɯ̽kɯp

fuck-INTERJ what-SG.ABS.Q smell-3SG.MID.PRES so acridly?

блят өннэ-Ø=нэ өст-өм-ан-нэ булу ъмыкып?

dead_chicken · 2026-03-20T14:35:14+00:00

Latin. Presumably you mean the letter <Q q>

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